Balance Is Beauty

Hi Friends!

As my title suggests – today has been one of those snacky kind of days! I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this before – but I mainly work from a home office. This can definitely be a major bonus of my job, but also comes with some negatives. One being that the fridge is always just steps away from me Some days, like today, snacking gets the best of me

I started my morning, a bit earlier than normal, with a glorious bowl of quinoa oats (I finally replenished my supply).

1/3 C quinoa flakes, 1/2 c water + 1/2 c almond milk, 1/2 banana, cinnamon, 1 tbsp almond butter.

If you follow me on twitter, you know that yesterday I was trying out a new raw recipe from a rawmazing site, which I often get inspiration from. I have been looking for a raw energy bar – and I finally found just was I was looking for, raw cacao goji energy bars.

These were SUPER easy to make and turned out wonderfully! The recipe calls for a raw chocolate sauce to cover the bars, however, I didn’t have all the ingredients so I left them plain. The chocolate sauce is definitely the finishing touch that these bars are missing – instead I improvised and just smeared some Peanut Butter on mine – definitely a great alternative to the chocolate sauce!

I snacked on one of my raw bars mid-morning and then continued my snacking feast with a new product I am a tad bit obsessed with:

Dipped in another new obsession:

The pretzels are SOOO good, so crunchy and so satisfying – the serving size is actually perfectly satisfying especially if you pair it with a serving of hummus. I recently tried this new flavour of hummus – I guess it shouldn’t come as a big surprise that I adore the Mediterranean flavour – I did marry a Greek There are actually chunks of black olives in the hummus – SOOOO good!!!  

The said snackage didn’t stop me from throwing together a quick, yet scrumptious lunch:

Veggie Burger on 100 cal Multi Grain One Bun (another new fav – I’ll show you a pic on my next post), topped with avocado + hummus + hot sauce + spinach and a side of baby carrots. This is only half, I did consume both halves

Snackage continued late afternoon with a handful more pretzels dipped in some PB (good combination) and a couple of dates! (I told you this girl was SNACKY today!). At this point I figured an elliptical + treadmill sesh was definitely in order. I sweated it out for about an hour while being entertained by my girl Tyra!

After my workout I knew I needed to get some protein into me, as my food choices today were kind of lacking in the protein department. I whipped up a quick green smoothie and down the hatch it went!

1 scoop Sun Warrior Protein Powder, 1/2c water + 1/2 cup milk, 1/2c strawberries, 1/4c blueberries, 1 tbsp Flax Oil, 1 tsp spirulina, 2-3c spinach. I was definitely lacking in the raw veggie department – so this was just what my body needed!

Dinner followed shortly after, and was on the little side because I had my green smoothie so close to dinner:

Celery, Cabbage, Apple, tiny bit of cauliflower + carrot, 1/8th of an avocado topped with 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar, 1tsp flax oil, 1 tsp raw honey.

Finally I finished the day off with . . .

Green & Black Dark Chocolate – my favourite chocolate EVER! 

There you have it folks, a total day in the life of ME! I don’t normally post everything that I eat, but I thought it would be fun to capture it from time to time! What do you guys think? If you have any suggestions or thoughts let me know – I’d love to hear

Time for me to go study for a final exam I have to write tomorrow! O.K.—first I’m going to watch the Biggest Loser . . . THEN I’ll study

xoxo

Krissy

Question: Where my SNACKERS at??? What are your favourite snack foods and do you engage in daily snacks, like me?!